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If you will afflict my daughters, and if you will take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you."
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Laban's Hypocritical Concern
Commentators like John Calvin highlight the deep irony in Laban's command. Having forced Jacob into polygamy through deception, Laban now forbids him from taking more wives. This reveals that even a self-serving person can, out of natural affection, recognize the pain caused by breaking the marital bond—a fault he himself authored out of greed.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
תרפים terāpı̂ym — Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapte…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
16th Century
Protestant
If thou shalt take other wives besides my daughters. Laban declares that it would be a type of betrayal if Jacob were to take any other wi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If you shall afflict my daughters In body or mind, by giving them hard blows, or ill words, and by withholding from them …
Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob and therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to acknowledge his fa…
